Record group 2024-12-02/2 - Selected records of the Cluj Branch of the Romanian National Archives

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RO RO/INSHR-EW 2024-12-02/2

Title

Selected records of the Cluj Branch of the Romanian National Archives

Date(s)

  • 1934 - 1952 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

38 microfilm reels, 35 mm

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Archival history

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project acquired microfilm copies from the Arhivele Naţionale ale României (Romanian National Archives) and transferred the microfilms to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives. A copy of thi RG was donated to INSH RO by USHMM in 2006.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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Scope and content

Includes selected fragments of transcripts from war crimes trials held in Cluj, Romania, from 1944 to 1945, documents from the Inspectoratul de jandarmi, Inspectoratul de politie (including police reports from Cluj, Turda, Abrud, Aiud, Dej, Huedin, Zalau, Alba Iulia), and Parchetul General, Prefuctura judetului, Tinutul, Parchetul General Maghiar, and Pretura plasii Cluj, and a few documents from the Prefectura judetului Somes and the Jandarmeria judetului Turda. Most are status reports, requests, transcripts of trials, and police/gendarmes reports on everything from Zionist and Legionary movements to Hungarian irredentism.

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Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Language of material

  • Hungarian
  • Romanian

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Existence and location of originals

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Arhivele Naţionale ale României

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Language(s)

  • English

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